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Hi Patrick- > Full Name: Patrick Brockmann > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: IPSL > Package Version: 2.4b3 build date:2007-11-23 08:05 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /home/brock/IDV_2.4b3/jre version: 1.5.0_11 j3d:1.3.1 > Description of problem: Could it be possible to have more details when it > fails on > reading netCDF file. For now, I get the message "Unable to open grid". > I try to respect the CF conventions and so add/modify > the different attributs until I get a correct reading but > it would be easier if I have had a detailled message with > the different steps of building the grid. There are many reasons why a grid might not be compliant for the IDV and we support many conventions besides CF. I think it would be hard to figure out exactly what is missing given the myriad ways of describing a grid in CF even. One other option is to use the CF conventions checker at: http://titania.badc.rl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/cf-checker.pl or the Common Data Model validation tool (which checks most of the conventions supported by IDV): http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/cdmValidate.html > *********************************** > There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:netcdf.grid with: > http://dods.ipsl.jussieu.fr/cgi-bin/nph-dods/mc2ipsl/calculo/ES_MOVIE/PROD03_2d_20510101_20511230_PHY.nc > Unable to open grid: > http://dods.ipsl.jussieu.fr/cgi-bin/nph-dods/mc2ipsl/calculo/ES_MOVIE/PROD03_2d_20510101_20511230_PHY.nc > > > ****************** > Stack trace: > ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Error creating data source:netcdf.grid > with: > http://dods.ipsl.jussieu.fr/cgi-bin/nph-dods/mc2ipsl/calculo/ES_MOVIE/PROD03_2d_20510101_20511230_PHY.nc > Unable to open grid: > http://dods.ipsl.jussieu.fr/cgi-bin/nph-dods/mc2ipsl/calculo/ES_MOVIE/PROD03_2d_20510101_20511230_PHY.nc > > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1283) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1829) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1748) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1682) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1536) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.handleAction(DefaultIdv.java:112) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1468) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.loadURLInner(UrlChooser.java:249) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.loadURL(UrlChooser.java:221) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.doLoadInThread(UrlChooser.java:268) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:983) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1011) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: QWT-937582 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open